Industrial works and St James's Church, Clerkenwell, London
This area of London was the site of the Priory of St John and St Mary's Nunnery. Both these institutions were closed at the Dissolution of the Monasteries, 1535-40. St James' was built on the site of an earlier church in 1788-92, the spire being based on that of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square. Clerkenwell was known for jewellers and clock makers from the 17th century.
